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that is not with the american people elected us to do. addressed our fiscal challenges while protecting working families. i yield back. >> the gentleman from california. >> may i inquire of the chair how much time is remaining on each side? i think the gentlewoman from new york might want to exhaust for time. >> i yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from texas. >> the gentlelady from texas is recognized for three minutes. >> i think the gentlelady, the ranking member of the rules committee. speaker, when i mention the words hurricane sandy, the wn, connecticut, what do they have in common? an enormous gun strategy, the loss of 26 live, and americans suffering from a devastating storm. our hearts go out to those babies who were lost. it speaks to americans in need. that is why i am is so troubled to be on the floor today. the framework that we have a sense to america that when you are in need, we will not, as this congress and this government, be prepared to help you. i think what is disappointing, just about three days ago we thought t
that is not with the american people elected us to do. addressed our fiscal challenges while protecting working families. i yield back. >> the gentleman from california. >> may i inquire of the chair how much time is remaining on each side? i think the gentlewoman from new york might want to exhaust for time. >> i yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from texas. >> the gentlelady from texas is recognized for three minutes. >> i think the gentlelady, the ranking...
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any time you lose an election or the national party loses an election, we say what are we going to do to change? as a party we've got to actually talk about what we believe in in a way the people actually want to listen and hear it. as opposed to being the party of angry people. i think the last election it seemed like most republicans were just mad about being conservative. there was no positive message about what that meant for hispanics or what that meant for the people that were unemployed. it was just we seemed to be this poster boy of angry. i think as we kind of move forward and we talk about who the next leader is, i think that leader's going to be emerged as somebody that can talk about a positive message of what conservative values mean to this country. >> monday morning power panel. chip saltsman, jaime harrison, and carrie brown. >>> the big buzz. in hillary land and beyond. would she be unbeatable in 2016? would there be stumbling blocks on her potential road to the white house? jody cantor joins me next. >>> plus, two deejays lose their show after their hoax on the hospi
any time you lose an election or the national party loses an election, we say what are we going to do to change? as a party we've got to actually talk about what we believe in in a way the people actually want to listen and hear it. as opposed to being the party of angry people. i think the last election it seemed like most republicans were just mad about being conservative. there was no positive message about what that meant for hispanics or what that meant for the people that were unemployed....
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he thinks he won the election. and now he can use the crisis over the fiscal cliff to force republicans to go against the position they have had for 20 years. like bush senior with read my lips. senly create a civil war among republicans. the fact that someone here said that the ball is in the president's court. he is holding the ball, not sevenning it. they haven't -- not sevenning it. they haven't offered anything. mcconnell laughed at the offer because it was so outrageous and he wants everything and republican offers nothing in the reduction in entitlements or discretionary spending. they walk away and they won't, i assure you they are not going to offer anything. they will try to run out the clock, because what they can see on the republican side is panic, and defections. even though there are stories about unity in the house. without unity the republicans will crack. >> you always said that the republicans need to stop giving things away. and if we are going to go over the fiscal cliff make sure that it's pre
he thinks he won the election. and now he can use the crisis over the fiscal cliff to force republicans to go against the position they have had for 20 years. like bush senior with read my lips. senly create a civil war among republicans. the fact that someone here said that the ball is in the president's court. he is holding the ball, not sevenning it. they haven't -- not sevenning it. they haven't offered anything. mcconnell laughed at the offer because it was so outrageous and he wants...
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let's also recall after the election, the president chose an energy secretary that he wanted gas prices in line with prices on every in europe where folks pay $8 a gallon. that's what they pay for gas over in europe. where the secretary of energy said we should be looking to establish gas prices. let's not forget that the president chose an interior secretary, a man who as a u.s. senat voted not for it on the senate floor. we're well on our way to the european gas prices. and two cabinet officials he chose to deal with the issue are all on record supporting them. so let's be honest, the only problem that president sees is the political blowback that he gets for it. that's why last week he gave another speech. to absolve himself from the high gas prices. >> senator mitch mcconnell made his comments on the senate floor earlier today as republicans taking aim at the issue of high gas prices as we said earlier, record high levels for this time of year, averaging between $3.70 to $4 a gallon in many parts of the country and much higher in states like california. the "new york times" reportin
let's also recall after the election, the president chose an energy secretary that he wanted gas prices in line with prices on every in europe where folks pay $8 a gallon. that's what they pay for gas over in europe. where the secretary of energy said we should be looking to establish gas prices. let's not forget that the president chose an interior secretary, a man who as a u.s. senat voted not for it on the senate floor. we're well on our way to the european gas prices. and two cabinet...
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the republicans responded to the election the day after by offering to change that 20 years to raise revenues, even now they are hovering and they're prepared to raise rates, which was the third rail. in return, what do they get from the president? ze. no spending cuts and aware of any importance. >> i don't think any one of these guys has been publicly serious but the republic of france and to close loopholes in unspecified -- the republican offer is to close loopholes in unspecified ways. they need to get in a room and not leave. >> let's get blood if we're talking about people who stood up on this thing cou. the man who charles wants to put on hold the cards, paul ryan, cave like at $2 suitcase on in this. what about hensarling? >> it is the job of the president above all on this -- . >> the president has not lead on this, put the tax bills began in the house -- >> ryan offered a plan, the president offered nothing. >> she will be one of the top members of my national security team. >> john kerry says will have noomment on thseetarof stat process. he wants to be the next secretary
the republicans responded to the election the day after by offering to change that 20 years to raise revenues, even now they are hovering and they're prepared to raise rates, which was the third rail. in return, what do they get from the president? ze. no spending cuts and aware of any importance. >> i don't think any one of these guys has been publicly serious but the republic of france and to close loopholes in unspecified -- the republican offer is to close loopholes in unspecified...
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he will have to move to the center for the general election. the argument that the obama people say is despite the length of the 2008 campaign and despite this fight between president obama and hillary clinton, you saw neither one of them taking out positions way to the left of the party. you have to come back from it. mitt romney was definitely out there. >> is it fair to hold romney responsible. >> no, absolutely not. he can't help it. who would have thought santorum was a credible candidate. everybody thought he didn't have business running and he believed in himself and here he is. >> we put bill clinton in there. stick around. we will make you do something that will be fun. who was the first democratic woman from maine elected to congress. shelly pingree. to make a bid for olympia snowe's senate seat. look for democrats to oddly rally around a man. we'll be right back. wake up! that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. brad needs car insurance, but, uh, brad doesn't want to spe
he will have to move to the center for the general election. the argument that the obama people say is despite the length of the 2008 campaign and despite this fight between president obama and hillary clinton, you saw neither one of them taking out positions way to the left of the party. you have to come back from it. mitt romney was definitely out there. >> is it fair to hold romney responsible. >> no, absolutely not. he can't help it. who would have thought santorum was a...
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is she going to make the best pick that gets her re-elected? is she worried about being renominated more than re-elected? what is going on, do you think, with her politics? >> she's worried on both fronts. she ran as a tea party candidate in 2010, elected as a tea party star. she will elect a tea party congressman. >> i got to go. robert? >> read national review's coverage of the michigan right to work fight. lot of stories are up now. >> perry? >> my good friend's birthday is tomorrow. happy birthday to her. >> i have a piece in roll call where i interned when i first moved to washington, they had just changed their smoking policy. cou you couldn't smoke until 5:00 at your desk. >> "usa today" , sue davis, all your fiscal cliff news. >> always knows the hill as well as anybody. that's it for this edition. tomorrow on the show, all the results from our first post-election nbc/"wall street journal" poll. coming up next, chris jansing. bye-bye. with the simmons family. how much is your current phone bill? four sixteen seventy six a month! okay, c
is she going to make the best pick that gets her re-elected? is she worried about being renominated more than re-elected? what is going on, do you think, with her politics? >> she's worried on both fronts. she ran as a tea party candidate in 2010, elected as a tea party star. she will elect a tea party congressman. >> i got to go. robert? >> read national review's coverage of the michigan right to work fight. lot of stories are up now. >> perry? >> my good friend's...
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speaker john boehner has to be re-elected. if he does sort of curve to the left and finds his way down the middle, he can almost guarantee he's re-elected; right? >> well, he has to earn the trust of republicans, particularly conservative republicans. if he brings it through and pushes it through, that ruins the republican brand forever. we barely convinced the american people we're against tax increases, but if they pass a tax increases, we're on the road to the minority. that worries members of the conference irrespective of the cliff created, again, by a bad deeing in august 20 # 11 that the american people said don't raise the ceiling, washington raised it, cut spending in the future. that sounds awfully familiar from the white house and out of the speaker and the majority leaders as well. tracy: do you have anied what's -- whatever boehner presented to the white house tonight, do you have any idea what's in the compromise? >> none whatsoever, no details gimp to us, again, undecled cuts, but what i can be certain about, an
speaker john boehner has to be re-elected. if he does sort of curve to the left and finds his way down the middle, he can almost guarantee he's re-elected; right? >> well, he has to earn the trust of republicans, particularly conservative republicans. if he brings it through and pushes it through, that ruins the republican brand forever. we barely convinced the american people we're against tax increases, but if they pass a tax increases, we're on the road to the minority. that worries...
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the president is re-elected. the house is republican. is there the possibility of this sort of grand bargain that alluded the president and speaker last year? >> you have to hope so.ú for the no tax increases are going to have to get republicans and democrats working together and compromising. >> eliot: norquist, you referred to grover norquist leading the anti-tax crusade for the republican party. the likelihood is that the senate, whether it is republican-controlled or not will have a greater tea party presence and speaker boehner will still be beholding to the tea port to maintain his position so the odds of seeing that overlapping is pretty slim. >> i think what we have to hope for is either the economy picks up significantly as it probably will eventually. perhaps in 2014. that tends to take care of a lot of deficit problems when revenues start going up, it starts to look a lot less painful. we'll have a market crisis where the state of the markets decide we borrowed too much. we're spending too much. interest rates go up. we have
the president is re-elected. the house is republican. is there the possibility of this sort of grand bargain that alluded the president and speaker last year? >> you have to hope so.ú for the no tax increases are going to have to get republicans and democrats working together and compromising. >> eliot: norquist, you referred to grover norquist leading the anti-tax crusade for the republican party. the likelihood is that the senate, whether it is republican-controlled or not will...
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many members say they were not elected to increase taxes. bret? >> bret: okay, mike. thanks. series of votes, some of them may start in this hour. we'll bring it to you live. now to ed henry standing by at the white house. >> today he said he went to plan "b" because he couldn't get republicans to support plan "a." >> the republicans in the house decided to run done an alley that has no exit. >> time for blame game with president obama aides making clear if there is chaos it's because speaker john boehner decided to shut down progress on plan "a." major $4 trillion debt deal in favor of a fall-back strategy. >> plan "b," which is the only thing the house of representatives the republicans in the house are focused on right now is a multi-day exercise in futility. >> futile to leaders in both parties perhaps, though the lack of action could mean real damage to america's armed forces. defense secretary leon panetta today sent a two-page memo to the pentagon workforce warning of impending automatic sequester cuts that he says will be significant and harmful. while there may event
many members say they were not elected to increase taxes. bret? >> bret: okay, mike. thanks. series of votes, some of them may start in this hour. we'll bring it to you live. now to ed henry standing by at the white house. >> today he said he went to plan "b" because he couldn't get republicans to support plan "a." >> the republicans in the house decided to run done an alley that has no exit. >> time for blame game with president obama aides making...
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he's in his own tough re-election battle in the past and yet he along with senator warner as you just indicated saying they are not going to go along with this. >> there's an intent -- there's a tension within the democratic party. today they had a caucus lunch, first time the full democratic caucus was going to be able to vet their frustration about this deal to leaders who had shaped it. and you had the senators from maryland, including carter who is a conferree stay tuned and give an impassioned speech what they believe is a systemic and sustained policy against federal workers and then you had other senators who stood up and said yes obviously we don't want to affect middle class americans or federal workers but we are continuing to add to our debt and build on our deficits and this affects our children and our grandchildren and in that exact moment when you had these two groups of democrats who are frustrated over this deal for two very separate reasons, it reveals the conversation that we've been having on capitol hill all year. whether or not, you know, stimulative policies tha
he's in his own tough re-election battle in the past and yet he along with senator warner as you just indicated saying they are not going to go along with this. >> there's an intent -- there's a tension within the democratic party. today they had a caucus lunch, first time the full democratic caucus was going to be able to vet their frustration about this deal to leaders who had shaped it. and you had the senators from maryland, including carter who is a conferree stay tuned and give an...
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republican party and offers some protection for democrats for raising taxes in the next congressional election. >> absolutely. breaking the republican party would be a benefit to this plan, also, i don't think barack obama minds in the tax rates go up on the middle income people as well. >> paul: he's promised-- you're saying-- >> the ultimate win is to have all of that new revenue for the government and being able to blame it on the republicans. >> paul: wait a minute, if you're saying we go over the cliff, nothing happens in december, come january the president will not turn around and insist on the middle class portion of in tax? >> i think if he was allowed to say, look, republicans wouldn't come along on this. >> paul: wait, wait, hold, hold. 20 million people will be hit-- more people would be hit by the alternative minimum tax, for example, if nothing happens. that's, that, and you know where the taxpayers are, james, i hate to tell you they're in your state, in new jersey, connecticut and in new york, and they're in california and illinois. a lot of places where democrats govern, becau
republican party and offers some protection for democrats for raising taxes in the next congressional election. >> absolutely. breaking the republican party would be a benefit to this plan, also, i don't think barack obama minds in the tax rates go up on the middle income people as well. >> paul: he's promised-- you're saying-- >> the ultimate win is to have all of that new revenue for the government and being able to blame it on the republicans. >> paul: wait a minute,...
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one, you know, the election that's going to happen in november is going to have a lot to say about where the political wins are at and where what the voters say, whether president obama is heading into a second term, whether mitt romney is getting ready to be inaugurated, and so harry reid according to democratic aids in this meeting at the white house a couple of days ago or yesterday said that they shouldn't even be discussing the debt ceiling until after they've dealt with the tax cuts that expire at the end of the year and with the spending cuts that are set to take effect, so he basically said i am not ready to talk about it and let's wait until the end of the year. >> so where does this debate go next? we have had the statement from the house speaker. we know where the president stands on things. we have democratic leader pelosi weighing in saying she wants a quick resolution and moving into the memorial day recess and into the summer months where both parties will hold their conventions, somewhat limited discretion level so when it comes to the debate over this issue, what's going
one, you know, the election that's going to happen in november is going to have a lot to say about where the political wins are at and where what the voters say, whether president obama is heading into a second term, whether mitt romney is getting ready to be inaugurated, and so harry reid according to democratic aids in this meeting at the white house a couple of days ago or yesterday said that they shouldn't even be discussing the debt ceiling until after they've dealt with the tax cuts that...
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i think that part of the confusion and your point, all of these republicans, both those that are elect and control the radio airwaves have all said we are going to see the tax rate for the wealthiest americans go up. for some reason, we can't or we won't any time soon see speaker boehner get before a microphone and say we know this is part of the deal. to that point, what do you make of the negotiations. at least the finger points and i'm not doing this and you are not doing this, this thing we are watching play out here. >> i suppose it's a good thing that the negotiations between speaker boehner and president obama are taking place behind the scenes. the public kabuki dance that is going on for the media to cover. the reality it seems that president obama is in a strong position. the republicans are going to have to concede at some point. what speaker boehner is doing, democrats may be waiting until january 3rd when he is reelected as speaker to get something done. i'm not sure i have insight on that, but that could be the strategy here. the problem is the president has been flexible
i think that part of the confusion and your point, all of these republicans, both those that are elect and control the radio airwaves have all said we are going to see the tax rate for the wealthiest americans go up. for some reason, we can't or we won't any time soon see speaker boehner get before a microphone and say we know this is part of the deal. to that point, what do you make of the negotiations. at least the finger points and i'm not doing this and you are not doing this, this thing we...
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you won the election. give you $800 billion but find it in a way with less of an impact. >> despite what corker and coburn -- they're senator, not house republicans. >> there is a difference between house and senate on this. you have rand paul saying give the president the tax rate and let him live with consequences. the house republicans will try to find a way to give him the money he wants. $800 billion. i don't think this is serious when the president walked in. >> bret: that is not going to sell on the democratic side. anything that doesn't raise rates. >> doesn't raise rates won't happen. >> bret: turn to spending. we talked about taxes, we have not talked about the spending. where is the spending that the republicans compromise wise think they need to get to? >> look. let's be clear about this. the republicans view this as ap. if you take a look at outlays, in 2008, when we went in the economic difficulty; fy-08 there were $2.9 trillion in outlays. today it's $3.8 trillion in fy-13. revenues $2.5 in
you won the election. give you $800 billion but find it in a way with less of an impact. >> despite what corker and coburn -- they're senator, not house republicans. >> there is a difference between house and senate on this. you have rand paul saying give the president the tax rate and let him live with consequences. the house republicans will try to find a way to give him the money he wants. $800 billion. i don't think this is serious when the president walked in. >> bret:...
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. >> look at the senate math in 2014, a lot of republicans up for re-election, a lot of the big states that tend to the right anyway, and they are worried about re-election here already, even though we just had one -- neil: oh, no, no, you're right. >> it's a key opponent. they have to cater by holding the line as long as they can. neil: to that point, there's a number of republicans telling me, usually off the record when they say this, that they think democrats overplayed their hand, the president overplayed him, won the election, not a landslide, and may have won higher taxes for the wealthy, but didn't win a pass on avoiding entitlement cuts, and it's hell to pay for him. what do you think? >> yeah, neil, you know, that may be true in fact, but, unfortunately, for the g.o.p., until they learn how to win a messaging war, they could win all the policy battles they want, but will not win politically until they communicate this in the right way to the american people. neil: all right, so here we be; right, folks? without a deal, further from a deal unless it's happening behind the scen
. >> look at the senate math in 2014, a lot of republicans up for re-election, a lot of the big states that tend to the right anyway, and they are worried about re-election here already, even though we just had one -- neil: oh, no, no, you're right. >> it's a key opponent. they have to cater by holding the line as long as they can. neil: to that point, there's a number of republicans telling me, usually off the record when they say this, that they think democrats overplayed their...
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republican party and offers some protection for democrats for raising taxes in the next congressional election. >> absolutely. breaking the republican party would be a benefit to this plan, also, i don't think barack obama minds in the tax rates go up on the middle income people as well. >> paul: he's promised-- you're saying-- >> the ultimate win is to have all of that new revenue for the government and being able to blame it on the republicans. >> paul: wait a minute, if you're saying we go over the cliff, nothing happens in december, come january the president will not turn around and insist on andis ... >> well, things in the middle east went from bad to worse this week with reports to the syrian military is preparing temp cal weapons that could be used against its own people, it's awaiting final orders from president assad. this as protesters clash with supporters of mohammed morsi outside the presidential palace in cairo egypt. in that country's largest confrontation since the uprising of hosni mubarak. we're back with daniel henninger and editorial board member matt comiskey. so, bret.
republican party and offers some protection for democrats for raising taxes in the next congressional election. >> absolutely. breaking the republican party would be a benefit to this plan, also, i don't think barack obama minds in the tax rates go up on the middle income people as well. >> paul: he's promised-- you're saying-- >> the ultimate win is to have all of that new revenue for the government and being able to blame it on the republicans. >> paul: wait a minute,...
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had romney won the election time's choice would have been clear. this guy who got the romney campaign symbol tattooed on his face for $15,000. and newt gingrich with a contender. >> i got bit which by a penguin. >> weird. so con grayings president obama for becoming time's person of the year and beating out
had romney won the election time's choice would have been clear. this guy who got the romney campaign symbol tattooed on his face for $15,000. and newt gingrich with a contender. >> i got bit which by a penguin. >> weird. so con grayings president obama for becoming time's person of the year and beating out
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election. i'm not sure either side learned a lesson becauthey have just as a chance as the other in whenning the election. people may hate congress but at least our congress is going to have chance at holding power or gaining power, whatever the situation is in the house and senate. >> you include this point in your piece, which is available online at washington post.com, the fix, along with your colleague chris alizza, the speaker saying weshld not dread the debt limit, we should welcome it. he is looking forward to this debate, apparently. >> yeah, this is apparently the impact of the tea party we have seen over the last few years. you know, they were criticized for going to the end and, you know, risking a government default on the debt limit last time. but the way that republicans in the tea party feel about this is that well, this is a great way for congress to basically have a gurn to its head and have to do something about debt reduction and reducing the national debt. and so i think wha
election. i'm not sure either side learned a lesson becauthey have just as a chance as the other in whenning the election. people may hate congress but at least our congress is going to have chance at holding power or gaining power, whatever the situation is in the house and senate. >> you include this point in your piece, which is available online at washington post.com, the fix, along with your colleague chris alizza, the speaker saying weshld not dread the debt limit, we should welcome...
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and one was the special election for michigan's 11th district. ed thatious mccoter resigned in july because of the signatures on his election petition, many were invalid. enterdavid curson. he he up with the special eelectric to fill out the remainder of mccoter's term, which, get this, is just seven weeks. you may think this qualifies him as having the shortest congressional term ever. it doesn't. there are three other short termers in this congress alone in addition to curson. in case you are wondering for the record the shortest term ever goes to louisiana representative lawrence who served just one day in march of 1875. coming to us from washington is david curson. welcome inside the war room. >> how are you doing governor? >> doingreat.. d y ou ever imagine one day you would be a member of congress. how cool is that? >> very cool and very unexpected. >> what happened? you obviously i know -- if you could explain to people how you got there for only seven weeks briefly. >> mccoter resigned in july the sitting representative out of the 11th di
and one was the special election for michigan's 11th district. ed thatious mccoter resigned in july because of the signatures on his election petition, many were invalid. enterdavid curson. he he up with the special eelectric to fill out the remainder of mccoter's term, which, get this, is just seven weeks. you may think this qualifies him as having the shortest congressional term ever. it doesn't. there are three other short termers in this congress alone in addition to curson. in case you are...
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in fact, he says he's willing to spend even more money in the next election. so the courting begins. at a recent vent for republican governors, he met with louisiana's bobby jindal. it should be noted, money doesn't always buy victories. $150 million adelson donated, these groups across the country, only one senator dean hellor of nevada actually won his race. >> look at that. senator marco rubio is taking a second crack at science. he's trying again. he's clarifying an answer he gave gq last month when asked about the age of the earth. rubio took some grief for saying in part he was not qualified to answer. >> he's not a scientists, man. >> calling it one of life's great mysteries. >> that and like why is hair growing on my knuckles. >> we should ask him. at a breakfast yesterday, mark allen gave the senator a chance to explain his answer. >> so how old do you think the earth is? >> let me tell you the answer i gave. the answer i gave was trying to make the same point the president made a few years ago. that is there is no scientific debate on the age of the
in fact, he says he's willing to spend even more money in the next election. so the courting begins. at a recent vent for republican governors, he met with louisiana's bobby jindal. it should be noted, money doesn't always buy victories. $150 million adelson donated, these groups across the country, only one senator dean hellor of nevada actually won his race. >> look at that. senator marco rubio is taking a second crack at science. he's trying again. he's clarifying an answer he gave gq...
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an incumbent below if% on the election day often will lose. what mitigates against that which manies he could win even if he's at 48, 3 things. i think it's still an open question whether governor romney alternative -- >> charlie:you agree on. open question whether he will be seen as an alternative. >> yes. >> two i still believe the obama ground game will be superior. that that could be worth an additional 1, 2 or 3 points in some places and finally the electoral college, barack obama is going to do very poorly in a lot of red states by recent standards in a mayor juror party candidate. what is true unless there's a disaster tonight, governor romney electoral college position sno better. >> charl:no ey pathor him. >> and he still has very few paths without having put florida away without having put in play pennsylvania, michigan having a tough time in ohio. there's just not a clear way for him to get 270 electoral votes. that having been said he's probably exwetting close to 250, if things go well and spend more money. that's a close race if
an incumbent below if% on the election day often will lose. what mitigates against that which manies he could win even if he's at 48, 3 things. i think it's still an open question whether governor romney alternative -- >> charlie:you agree on. open question whether he will be seen as an alternative. >> yes. >> two i still believe the obama ground game will be superior. that that could be worth an additional 1, 2 or 3 points in some places and finally the electoral college,...
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>>neil: some are calling for a recall election. they want to throw you out. does scott walker ring a bell? >>guest: they had several recall efforts last year. we you reinvent a state, people have difficulty with change. this change is good. this is about moving michigan failure, not living in the past but building a future based on more and better jobs and a bright future. >> do you think now, though, the difference between your situation and scat walker's position, we have had a presidential election and a larger election, that has embolden unions who can rightly say, they certainly galvanized the base and brought out the union base for the president and helped put the president over the finish like in the big influential way. so, they are more empowered than with scott walker and more likely to stick the fight to you. what do you think? >>guest: well, to argue this case is easier. it is not about collective bargaining. ohio and wisconsin were collective bargaining. this is freedom to choose, the relationship between a union and a worker, very much being pro
>>neil: some are calling for a recall election. they want to throw you out. does scott walker ring a bell? >>guest: they had several recall efforts last year. we you reinvent a state, people have difficulty with change. this change is good. this is about moving michigan failure, not living in the past but building a future based on more and better jobs and a bright future. >> do you think now, though, the difference between your situation and scat walker's position, we have...
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the president won re-election. this was not something that -- may have hurt the economy and something republicans blamed for. look at the numbers. terrible. not just only as a party but particularly in congress right now. you know, this is not -- this is not a long-term winning game i don't think for republicans to hold up every agreement claiming leverage where they don't have it. i think they need to find in order to do better areas they have got more public support than they seem to have on the issues. 60% according to a new politi politico/george washington university poll believes the top should have an increase in taxes. fighting the public and appear to be ideological doesn't seem to work. certainly didn't in terms of knocking president obama off. >> one thing that also didn't work in 2011 was the president ab do kating the role to nancy pelosi and harry reid. this time around, maybe because he feels he has the mandate, he's doing the negotiations straight on with boehner which i think leads to a better resu
the president won re-election. this was not something that -- may have hurt the economy and something republicans blamed for. look at the numbers. terrible. not just only as a party but particularly in congress right now. you know, this is not -- this is not a long-term winning game i don't think for republicans to hold up every agreement claiming leverage where they don't have it. i think they need to find in order to do better areas they have got more public support than they seem to have on...
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bush was elected and liberal democrats saying, oh, my gosh, we're never going to win another election, i always caution people are conservative like me, look, republicans can make a come back, they can win in 2014 and 16. you shouldn't abandon your basic principles, in my view that would be the worst thing to do. >> the tea party has said, look, we're for smaller government, less government interference. >> we have this historical battle between thomas jefferson and alexander hamilton going all the way back to that point, how much government do we want or not want. but on an optimistic note, we always seem to manage to get beyond this. >> congress is busy at work and just not on the fiscal cliff. ac, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪ bp has paid overthe people of bp twenty-threeitment to the gulf. billion dol
bush was elected and liberal democrats saying, oh, my gosh, we're never going to win another election, i always caution people are conservative like me, look, republicans can make a come back, they can win in 2014 and 16. you shouldn't abandon your basic principles, in my view that would be the worst thing to do. >> the tea party has said, look, we're for smaller government, less government interference. >> we have this historical battle between thomas jefferson and alexander...
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it is the candidate's job to run the campaign that elects him. this is a sign of a badly-run campaign. john mccain had some of the same problems in 2008. frankly it was devastatindevast. on the night when barack obama declared victory over hillary clinton in a speech in st. paul, minnesota in a crowd of 17,000 people, on the night when america found out which is what the democrats were offering in the race for the presidency, on that same night, this is what the republicans offered. >> good evening, from the great city of new orleans, thank you and good evening. >> senator john mccain speaking in front of a backdrop that was a crime. they set their candidate up for a speech at navy memorial stadium, has a capacity of 34,000 people. john mccain a distinguished navy vet, all the flags in the world could not disguise the fact in a stadium that holds thousands of people they had him speaking to 64 people. again, talking to 64 people not a crime. in a room with a capacity of 64 people, that would look impressive. it could -- context is everything. a g
it is the candidate's job to run the campaign that elects him. this is a sign of a badly-run campaign. john mccain had some of the same problems in 2008. frankly it was devastatindevast. on the night when barack obama declared victory over hillary clinton in a speech in st. paul, minnesota in a crowd of 17,000 people, on the night when america found out which is what the democrats were offering in the race for the presidency, on that same night, this is what the republicans offered. >>...
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it is the candidate's job to run the campaign that elects him. this is the sign of a badly run campaign. john mccann had some of these same problems in 2008. on the night when barack obama declared victory in the prime are yous over hillary clinton in a speech in st. paul, minnesota in front of this crowd, this crowd of 17,000 people. this is what the republicans offered on that same night. >> good evening. from the great city of new orleans. thank you and good evening. >> senator john mccain speaking in front of a backdrop that was a crime against pantone. the mccain campaign at one point set their candidate up for a speech at the navy and marine corps stadium which has a capacity of 34,000 people. he's a distinguished navy vet but all the flags in the world could not disguise the fact that they had him speaking to 64 people in a stadium that would hold thousands. talking to 64 people, not a crime. in a room with a capacity of 64 people, that would look very impressive. it could be cacophonious. a grain of san that's stuck in your eye is the big
it is the candidate's job to run the campaign that elects him. this is the sign of a badly run campaign. john mccann had some of these same problems in 2008. on the night when barack obama declared victory in the prime are yous over hillary clinton in a speech in st. paul, minnesota in front of this crowd, this crowd of 17,000 people. this is what the republicans offered on that same night. >> good evening. from the great city of new orleans. thank you and good evening. >> senator...
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month since the election came to an end. it is now safe for you to turn your television is back on. all the scary political ads are off the air. you can answer your phone again. no one is calling you in the middle of dinner asking for your support. i have to admit. there is one part of the campaign i miss. it is a great excuse for me to get out of washington and comes to town like this and talk to people who work so hard every day looking out for their families and communities in just having a conversation about what kind of country we want to be. what kind of country do we want to leave behind for our kids. ultimately, that is what this is about. i believe and i have been saying this not just for the last six months or year but ever since i got into public office. i believe america only succeed in thrive so we have a growing middle class. that is let -- succeeds and thrives when we have a great middle class. we thrive when everybody who works hard has a chance to get ahead. they can get a job that pays the bills. they have
month since the election came to an end. it is now safe for you to turn your television is back on. all the scary political ads are off the air. you can answer your phone again. no one is calling you in the middle of dinner asking for your support. i have to admit. there is one part of the campaign i miss. it is a great excuse for me to get out of washington and comes to town like this and talk to people who work so hard every day looking out for their families and communities in just having a...
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and the results of the election. >> and so, i think it's a foregone conclusion that tax rates for the wealthiest of americans are going up and as a pra practical matter, i don't understand why the gop doesn't agree to that sooner rather than later and the onus on the white house to give something relative to spending cuts and entitlement reforms. i think people want compromise and a bigger deal than just taxes going up for those 2% and doesn't get us where we need to go. >> david, let's play what alan simpson had to say regarding the growth. that's the overall end game here. growing the economy and not let lawmakers and such to posture before us. let's play it. >> not a single economist who talked to us in our hearings said we can't grow our way out of this with double digit growth for 20 years. you can't cut spending your way out of this baby or you ruin a very fragile economy and an emerge, you know, nation and can't tax your way out of this baby. this is impossible. >> so it is a combination of things and what do you make of the fact that in the approach perhaps to find some place
and the results of the election. >> and so, i think it's a foregone conclusion that tax rates for the wealthiest of americans are going up and as a pra practical matter, i don't understand why the gop doesn't agree to that sooner rather than later and the onus on the white house to give something relative to spending cuts and entitlement reforms. i think people want compromise and a bigger deal than just taxes going up for those 2% and doesn't get us where we need to go. >> david,...
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. >> well, they-- that was one of many, many, many factors. >> absolutely. >> and after the election and the fact is, as we all agree, the private sector union is a dying animal and that they only can survive if they can thoroughly control the public sector and this is just another example of their slow, painful death. >> on that upbeat note. i want you to look at this. t parent company of red lobster, filing a fight for the president's health care law, not because of the actual law, bse it criticized the law. the gang from forbes is going to explain the top of the hour, up next, did any of you see this? oh! oh! >> apparently these guys just found out that they could get fined for eating while driving. is nothing sacred? >> >> driving and eating, hey, the a city i south dakota fine people eating behind the wheel. >> charles, you say it has to go? >> pretty soon we'll be fined for driving while driving. and it's a way to get money, ridiculs. >> neil: this is one town that won'tee cavuto passing through soon. thank you. ben, what do you thinof it? >> cooking while driving. (laughter) a
. >> well, they-- that was one of many, many, many factors. >> absolutely. >> and after the election and the fact is, as we all agree, the private sector union is a dying animal and that they only can survive if they can thoroughly control the public sector and this is just another example of their slow, painful death. >> on that upbeat note. i want you to look at this. t parent company of red lobster, filing a fight for the president's health care law, not because of...
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some could have a 70% unfavorable rating and still get elected. that's why i think the debt ceiling might be the most serious. we have the second offer that withstand went back to obama. the democrats are saying that what boehner said was the current bush tax rates should be locked in permanently. obama's bottom line is they must go up. republicans are pushing back against the saying that's not in there. one of the possibilities is that baner is talking about this idea of tax reform and loopholes and may have communicated to the president that as part of tax reform, rates will not go above where they are right now. that might be sort of where the disconnect is here. there is two possibilities in terms of where boehner and the republicans are right now on the question of tax rates. one is that boehner who is not in a great position to tell conservatives you have to follow me. he doesn't have that much built in credibility. he needs any deal he makes with obama, he needs cover on it. is he waiting until december 26th or 27th or when we are right up
some could have a 70% unfavorable rating and still get elected. that's why i think the debt ceiling might be the most serious. we have the second offer that withstand went back to obama. the democrats are saying that what boehner said was the current bush tax rates should be locked in permanently. obama's bottom line is they must go up. republicans are pushing back against the saying that's not in there. one of the possibilities is that baner is talking about this idea of tax reform and...
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meeting, writing we are working hard to understand the election results. and based on that analysis to re-examine our vision and strategies that are required for success. although some of the needy changes are evident, it will be several months before the state data necessary are to complete this analysis is available. several months? >> it's not state data, it's demographic data. we know who came out and voted for president and democrats and we know that the republicans' message does not resonate with this new body of voters. so they need to be looking at that. they need to be changing their policies on everything from tax policy to immigration. and we still have yet to see whether or not they're willing to do that. they think the message for democrats, because, you know, those numbers sort of show you this is how democrats got their groups back. when you lean into aggressive policies, you can run and win. that's just as important for democrats to take away as it is for republicans. >> and then margie, as democrats are leaning, as alicia says to a progres
meeting, writing we are working hard to understand the election results. and based on that analysis to re-examine our vision and strategies that are required for success. although some of the needy changes are evident, it will be several months before the state data necessary are to complete this analysis is available. several months? >> it's not state data, it's demographic data. we know who came out and voted for president and democrats and we know that the republicans' message does not...
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i am a little surprised that the president fresh off the election is saying that the speaker of the house is supposed to lead the country. he is supposed to lead, his party is the more difficult to get legislation through. so for him to say in the last 24 hours before the tax increases that it's up to john boehner to fix things surprises me and disappoints me a great deal. >> eric: obviously, you are faulting, in your view, a lack of presidential leadership? not only faulting, i think a lot of folks are not focused, i have believed that the president wants to go over the cliff. peter orszag, telling the president 3 and 4 years that the tax rates needed to go up. howard dean was making the rounds for months, saying that tax rates need to go up. nancy pelosi thinks the tax rates should go up on everybody. does the president have the political will to go against his own party? what we are seeing so far, he is not. we read his first offer, when he sat down with mr. boehner, mr. boehner said here's $800 billion for revenue and what do i get for that? the president allegedly said, that's for fr
i am a little surprised that the president fresh off the election is saying that the speaker of the house is supposed to lead the country. he is supposed to lead, his party is the more difficult to get legislation through. so for him to say in the last 24 hours before the tax increases that it's up to john boehner to fix things surprises me and disappoints me a great deal. >> eric: obviously, you are faulting, in your view, a lack of presidential leadership? not only faulting, i think a...